Mixed race child care provider holding an African American child in an infant classroom. A mixed race baby and white baby are sitting on the floor. The room is sunny.

ChildcareTennessee

Serving those who serve the children of Tennessee.

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Mission

ChildcareTennessee focuses on collaborative opportunities in child care’s administrative, programmatic, and operational services. Our partnership with the Tennessee Department of Human Services works to improve the quality, accessibility, and sustainability of child care offered to children and families in Tennessee.

We support child care programs through three main service areas:

Grants
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Discount Programs

Through these shared services, ChildcareTennessee supports Tennessee’s child care community and the children they serve – Tennessee’s future.

White child care director sitting at a desk talking to an interviewer.

“I have never had the kind of support that ChildcareTennessee offers at any program I’ve ever worked in. The forms that you have are spectacular. The discounts are really helpful. I’ve been really amazed by what you guys offer.”

Sandy Greene, owner and administrator, The Greene House Children’s Center, Dunlap, TN

Black boy in a preschool classroom. He's sitting at a table playing with a train and smiling.

Grants

A blonde white baby and a brown, African American baby with curly hair sit on the floor in a sunlight room.

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Two African American babies pulling up on a shelf in an infant classroom. Both are looking at the camera and one is smiling.

Discount Programs

Three African American preschool teachers standing in a preschool classroom.

Meet Providers

White child care teacher holding a white, blonde toddler. Both are smiling.

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This project is funded through a grant with Tennessee Department of Human Services and Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

Serving those who serve the children of Tennessee